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;) | ACHIMOTA, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.16) 9 OCT 1956 on QE2 4d (SG.159). £3 |
;) | PLYMOUTH SHIP LETTER postmark on GOLD COAST stamp arrival dated X/AP 21 on QV 4d (dull pale) mauve CA wmk (SG.18a). £15 |
;) | CA used CALLIAQUA plus blue crayon lines, ST. VINCENT postmark/cancel doubly-struck in red dated AP 11 78 with additional three diagonal blue crayon lines on QV 1d black (SG.22) showing "ST" of "POSTAGE" marginal lines watermark, currently unique as such. Red "CA" abbreviates are sometimes found with manuscript "X" in either red or blue crayon, but this office is not associated blue diagonal crayon lines although one 6d pair has a single red crayon line. £75 |
;) | ADABRAKA "2", Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.16) 4 JAN 1957 on QE2 2d (SG.156), some faults). £3 |
;) | QUEENSLAND postal history 1878 double rate cover to E.E. Beach, Boro Green, Kent with 2 x QV 6d Chalon pmk'd "QL" with Brisbane I/OC 10 78 cds alongside, on arrival re-directed with SEVENOAKS DE 8 78 duplex, no backstamps. £140 |
;) ;) | MAJOR ERROR "Revenue" OVERPRINT OMITTED with Crown CA REVERSED watermark, St. Vincent stamps: 1883 THREE PENCE on QV 1d lilac Crown CA REVERSED wmk with "Revenue" OVERPRINT OMITTED (PML.10), fresh very lightly mounted mint. PML records this error on Page 147 of the handbook. The later 1897 issues of THREE PENCE on QV 1d mauve and red-mauve (SG.63, 63a) have never been recorded with Crown CA REVERSED wmk. £1200 |
;) | GREAT BRITAIN (Elgin, Scotland) to VICTORIA, Australia postal history (Ex von Uexkull) 1872 cover with sender's "North Street Elgin" albino embossed flap to The Reverend William Ross, c/o Solicitors, Queen Street, Melbourne with two GB QV 3d rose Plate 7 pmk'd ELGIN "133" duplex dated E/AP 8 72, on arrival re-directed with VICTORIA QV 2d brown-lilac tied MELBOURNE 8H/MY 31 72 duplex to Mrs. Ross's Lodgings, Campbell Street, Castlemaine, b/stamped London AP 9 72, Melbourne A/MY 31 72 and Castlemaine MY 31 72. Ex Jakob von UEXKULL (1997). Few covers from Great Britain forwarded with VICTORIA QV adhesives locally or to other Australian States exist, and I can only currently record GB 1/- (DE 5 1855) forwarded Melbourne to Castlemaine with 2 x 3d; GB stampless (JA 21 1856) forwarded Melbourne to Tarrengower with 1d, 3d, 1/- REGISTERED stamp; GB 1d x 3d, 6d (AP 10 1860) forwarded to Encounter Bay, S. Australia with 6d; GB 1d, 9d (MR 19 1872) Dublin to Melbourne forwarded Minnebah Reefs, Tasmania with 3d. The only other Victoria QV 2d forwardings known to me are on cover USA 5c (DE 28 1880) Adelaide to Sydney, NSW with 2d (von Uexkull), and USA 6c rose pair (JA 19 1882) forwarded Brisbane to Sydney, NSW with 2d (Edward S. Knapp). £1200 |
;) | NEW RIVER SERVICE, British Honduras postmark/cancel dated OC 5 10 on KE7 2c (SG.96), thinned. £3 |
;) | MONKEY RIVER, British Honduras postmark/cancel (SC-1a) sideways down C/DE 16 15 on KGV 2c (SG.102a). £12 |
;) | ORANGE WALK, British Honduras postmark/cancel (SC-1) JA 13 09 on KE7 2c (SG.96). £12 |
;) | MONKEY RIVER, British Honduras postmark/cancel (SC-1a) sideways down C/FE 24 16 on KGV 2c (SG.106). £6 |
;) | THE CAYO, British Honduras postmark/cancel (SC-2) A/MR 16 12 on KE7 2c (SG.96). £18 |
;) | SAN ESTEVAN, British Honduras postmark/cancel (SC-1a) sideways down C/AP 3 12 on KE7 2c (SG.96). £7 |
;) | SAN ESTEVAN, British Honduras postmark/cancel (SC-1a) sideways down C/AU 23 11 on KE7 2c (SG.96), perf. fault. £6 |
;) | THE CAYO, British Honduras postmark/cancel (SC-2) A/JY 10 10 on KE7 2c (SG.96), perf. fault. £8 |
;) | PARCELS OFFICE CAPE TOWN, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (CDS) OC 16 94 on 5/- (SG.54). £6 |
;) | 799, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on ½d (SG.61), stained. £4 |
;) | 55, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 2½d (SG.56a). £4 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1882 QV 5/- rose-red ovp'd "REVENUE" (PML.6), superb full gum with light hinge remains. £1200 |
;) | NKWATIA, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.21) 13 SP 50 on KG6 2d (SG.138). £8 |